seafoam equivalent?

[Chamelion]

Hi there,

Have been reading a bit about the yanks taking to 'seafoam' to clean out the carbon buildup within their outboards.. It's not available in Australia.
Does anyone know what our equivalent is?

Cheers

[astro66]

you didnt look very hard.....
mercury has one called power tune or something like that....yamaha has one...its just a engine carbon cleaner....
does it work ??? probably not....
a mate used to spray a hose into his carby while reving it to clean out the carbon ...black crap pouring out the exhaust ... you wouldnt catch me doing it though ...

[Feral]

Old mechanics trick to put water down the carb to clean out the carbon. Dunno if I would be real keen on newer type motors with all their fancy control systems.

[BrisManny]

Any subaru dealer has Subaru Upper Engine Cleaner, it's part of a standard service for the boxers. It's equivalent to seafoam.

Cheers,
Shane

Hi there,

Have been reading a bit about the yanks taking to 'seafoam' to clean out the carbon buildup within their outboards.. It's not available in Australia.
Does anyone know what our equivalent is?

Cheers

[leonp88]

I haven't used it on a boat motor, but the Subaru U.E.C. definitely works on the car...

[Fed]

If you're going to go for it Cham make sure you get the right stuff because with a 2 stroke the fuel/air goes through the crankcase where the bearings are, somewhat different to a 4 stroke.

[juggernaut]

OMC engine tune up spray is recommended for the Johnson/Evinrude 2 strokes. Should be available from your local dealer.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=190799